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U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures greets members of the public after speaking at the Washington Brief series, hosted by the Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Republicans pick nominee for Alabama US House district they redrew after Supreme Court ruling

9:08 PM on Monday, August 10

Republicans are aiming to flip Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn after a U.S. Supreme Court decision this year weakened the Voting Rights Act

U.S. Rep. John Larson D-Conn., attends a campaign event, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bristol, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Connecticut Democrats weigh generational change as US. Rep. John Larson, 78, faces primary fight

9:07 PM on Monday, August 10

Connecticut Democrats face a choice between U.S. Rep. John Larson and younger challengers for the 1st Congressional District

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong poses for a photo Friday, July 24, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

What to watch Tuesday: Primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota showcase Democratic divide

9:05 PM on Monday, August 10

The Democratic Party's ideological divide moves into new territory

Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., leans over to hear a reporter's question following at a candidate event for hopefuls vying in a special Republican primary to replace her late brother Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on November ballots, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

South Carolina Republicans hold primary to pick Senate replacement for the late Lindsey Graham

9:04 PM on Monday, August 10

South Carolina Republicans are casting ballots Tuesday in a special primary to replace the late Senator Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies

Nigel Farage, Leader of Britain's Reform UK party, attends a press conference in London, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

For Nigel Farage, success brings new pressures and a showdown with Count Binface

9:02 PM on Monday, August 10

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is running in a special election where his main opponent is a man dressed like a dustbin

President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Morristown Airport, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle

9:02 PM on Monday, August 10

President Donald Trump likes to say that he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure had failed to stop its nuclear weapons ambitions

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, greets supporters during a campaign event at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Twin Cities Office in Minneapolis, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)

Minnesota primary is latest Democratic proxy fight for Senate and a test for Trump-backed hopefuls

9:01 PM on Monday, August 10

The Democratic Party's internal battle is heating up in Minnesota

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, center, campaigns with Democratic candidate for Governor David Crowley, right, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Democratic socialist tries to beat governor's pick in chaotic Wisconsin primary for governor

9:00 PM on Monday, August 10

A democratic socialist is trying to rise above the incumbent governor’s endorsed candidate in Wisconsin’s chaotic primary race for governor

Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the tarmac as the motorcade carrying U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on the tarmac to depart following the NATO summit at Ankara International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says

7:40 PM on Monday, August 10

The Washington Post reports that President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month's NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft due to an Iranian assassination threat

FILE - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Former Air Force Secretary says he'll sue Trump administration to restore his security clearance

6:35 PM on Monday, August 10

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he'll sue the Trump administration to get his security clearance restored

Alex Lam, right, logs onto the census website as her husband Sam, second left, holds their daughter Elodie while their son Tobi plays behind them, in Sydney, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia adds optional gender identity and sexual orientation questions to census

5:35 PM on Monday, August 10

Australians can for the first time reveal their sexual orientation and whether they identify as a gender that is not the one recorded at birth in the country's census on Tuesday

FILE - Rep.-elect Max Miller, R-Ohio, arrives for new member orientation check-in and program registration with Emily Moreno in Washington, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Deadline passes for Rep. Max Miller to be replaced on Ohio ballot as he faces domestic abuse claims

4:32 PM on Monday, August 10

Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller is staying in the race for his Ohio congressional district

President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. watches during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidance

11:44 AM on Monday, August 10

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that calls for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three different single-disease shots

United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, right, shakes hands with Philippine Ambassador to the U.S., Jose Manuel Romualdez during a forum in Manila, Philippines on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan)

Pentagon official asks Asian allies to invest more in defense to deter aggression

10:10 AM on Monday, August 10

A Pentagon official has urged Asian allies to invest more in their defense to deter regional aggression

FILE - Congressional candidate Ben Jones, center, prepares to watch the Hawks-Pacers NBA game at the Omni arena Nov. 8, 1988, Atlanta, GA. (AP Photo/Joe Holloway Jr., File)

Ben Jones, good ol' boy 'Dukes of Hazzard' actor and 2-term US House member, dies at 84

9:50 AM on Monday, August 10

“The Dukes of Hazzard” star Ben Jones has died at 84

FILE - National Guard members gather near a large portrait of President Donald Trump on the Labor Department headquarters before the body of Metropolitan Police Department officer Terry Bennett is driven past the Capitol, Jan. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

The Latest: Trump calls for spacing out childhood shots, against medical groups’ guidance

5:11 AM on Monday, August 10

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held belief that certain shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits

Young men ride motorcycles along the shore as a tractor pulls equipment from the water and commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Trump scoffs at Iran's demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments

3:48 AM on Monday, August 10

U.S. President Donald Trump is scoffing at Iran's demands that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war

FILE - Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters, who reportedly withdrew from Turkey with their weapons, stand to attention during a ceremony in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, щт Oct 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya, File)

Turkey’s parliament approves a pardon-like bill for thousands of PKK militants

1:52 AM on Monday, August 10

Turkey’s parliament has approved a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants

This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)

Final election phase begins in Pakistan-administered Kashmir despite banned group's boycott call

12:18 AM on Monday, August 10

Voters have gone to the polls in the final phase of elections for the legislative assembly in Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, left, campaigns with Democratic candidate for Governor David Crowley, right, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries next to feature progressive clash with Democratic establishment

9:04 PM on Sunday, August 9

Progressive candidates for governor in Wisconsin and U.S. Senate in Minnesota are making their final pushes ahead of Tuesday’s election

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